About PROTECT-C
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What is the PROTECT-C study?
PROTECT-C is a research study offering genetic testing to people to see whether they have a genetic change that increases their risk of breast, ovary, bowel, and/or womb cancer. This is regardless of whether they or their families have had cancer.
The study is being coordinated by the Women’s Precision Prevention clinical research team from the Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London, and funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research.
Who can take part?
We are looking for 5000 people to take part in the PROTECT-C study. You may be eligible to take part if you:
Are over the age of 18 years and
Are a woman, trans man, or non-binary person with female reproductive organs (ovaries, fallopian tubes, and/or a uterus) and
Have never had genetic testing for the cancer genes tested for in the study and
Do not have first-degree family members (e.g. parent, sibling, child) or second-degree family members (e.g. aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, grandchild, grandparent, half-sibling) with genetic changes in the cancer genes tested for in the study.
More information on the cancer genes tested for in the PROTECT-C study is found in the participant information sheet.
People who have undergone other types of genetic testing for non-cancer conditions or ancestry services (e.g. 23andme or ancestry.com) may still take part.